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We all know that on Broughton Street here in downtown Savannah there are several parallel parking spots that are marked with “2 Hour Parking Limit”. Now, in other cities when I have seen such a rule I also see parking attendants that walk down the road with something that resembles a piece of chalk on a yard stick. They go about marking the tires at a certain time and then returning two hours later to see if there is a car that hasn’t moved (based on the chalk mark). I have seen nothing like that here in Savannah. I was beginning to wonder if they had any system in place for such an event. So, today I tested my luck. I purposely went downtown around 8:45AM to secure my sacred 2 hour spot. I went into Starbucks and had my Grande no-fat Mocha no whip and I waited. 9:45 came and no attendant in sight. 10:45 came and still no attendant. I waited until 11:25 (at this point my anxiety level was getting uncomfortably high) and decided to move. But yet there was no one! No one every checked on my parking status. I parked downtown, for FREE, for 2 hours and 40 minutes without so much as a warning from the city. It was beautiful and petrifying all at once. I realized that the only regulation in those spots is self-regulation. I was so nervous about getting a ticket from some “under cover parking aid” that I moved to avoid any chance of citation. Wow! I think I have issues.

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